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Why are crime films received better among the public? People watch movies more or less as an escape, to sit down and fantasize (or dread about) a different kind of reality. Do that many people wish they could break the law in all these different kinds of ways? I think the phenomena goes deeper than simply people like the crime aspect they cannot live in their own lives. I instead believe that's it almost a trickle down effect.
Directors usually want to be taken seriously and considered great. Most directors of romantic comedies are not considered to be fantastic directors (a generalization that isn't always true, I know). If you look at great directors (Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, Clint Eastwood, etc) most of their films involve some element of crime (the only real exception I found was Steven Spielberg). Since these great directors usually desire to do crime-centered movies, those movies are automatically at an advantage to be better. And it doesn't stop there. Great directors usually have good relationships with great actors (Jack Nicholson with Scorsese is the most glaring example). The effect great actors can have on a movie is astronomical. And these great directors and actors have their great relationships with great screenwriters, composers, film crews, and all the way down the line. So from this great director comes an entire slew of talent. It makes you think how any crime movies could fail at all.
I have never really thought about that before. Reading this, I was also thinking that crime can be appealing because it is generally considered serious, action-packed, or unpredictable. With a comedy, a lot of how a person perceives the movie depends on his/her sense of humor in relation to that of the director and actors.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you thought about TV shows with crime in relation to movies with crime, but I think there are a lot of TV shows with crime, but equally as many comedic shows that people enjoy for their quality. I wonder if the length in relation to genre has any effect on keeping people's attention and enjoyment.